Re: Swords, Raymond 1915, Dana, Illinois

I am hoping someone from Ray Swords family - particularly relatives of Jack T. Swords or Douglas R. Swords will see this message.It's a long story, but I just saw this posting again today and at the time, I had no idea that my great grandfather's name was John William Swords - I thought it was only William.The John Swords that you were writing about is a long lost brother of my grandmother, Marguerite (Swords) Vahldieck.We have been searching for a William, which is the name that was posted on her obituary in 1942 but I have since learned he was your John William Swords who last resided in Fresno, California. I have a copy of his death certificate.He was married to Birdie Bell Vance of Arkansas. I tried to write to Douglas at California State Fresno and received no reply and then turned to the social security index death listings and realized he must be the same Douglas that passed away in Sept. 2001 so our notes missed each other.I have tons of information for his relatives on BOTH of our grandparents, Luther and Julia (Rudolph) Swords of Dana, IL.Please contact me if you see this or pass the information along to someone in their family. Thank you!